(via Kavita Mundle, University of Illinois at Chicago) Dr Marcia Chatelain, Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University, will be the featured speaker at the 2019 ALCTS President’s Program at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Dr. Chatelain will discuss her forthcoming book, “Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black…
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ALA Steering Committee on Organizational Effectiveness (SCOE) Seeking Feedback on Preliminary Recommendations
(via Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada, SCOE Chair) Dear Members, The long awaited preliminary recommendations from the Steering Committee on Organizational Effectiveness (SCOE) are here for your analysis, comments, and input! These focus on building upon the strengths of ALA to embrace our mission and core values, to create alignment within our association, and to bring value…
ACRL 101 Webcast for ALA Annual Attendees (Separate Sessions on June 11 and 12)
(via Dawn Behrend, Lenoir-Rhyne University) Planning to attend ALA Annual? The ACRL Membership Committee is hosting the ACRL 101 webcast, a one-hour interactive session, provides tips and personal recommendations on how to prepare for your trip to Washington, D.C., including what to bring, how to plan your schedule and navigate the city, networking, conference etiquette,…
ACRL Releases 2019 Environmental Scan
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Every two years, the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee releases an environmental scan of higher education, including developments with the potential for continuing impact on academic libraries. The 2019 Environmental Scan (PDF) provides a broad review of the current higher education landscape, with special focus on the state…
Registration Open for ACRL Project Outcome Webinar (10:00-11:00 AM on July 19)
(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) It is my pleasure to announce the Project Outcome Webinar, presented by Sara Goek, ACRL Program Manager. I hope you will join us for this program! July 19, 2019, 10-11 a.m. Register for the webinar here: https://www.carli.illinois.edu/project-outcome Attendees will learn about the new Project Outcome for Academic Libraries surveys…
Registration Open for 2019 ILA Annual Conference (Oct. 22-24 in Tinley Park)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Conference Program Committee is excited to announce that registration for the 2019 ILA Annual Conference is open! The theme of this year’s conference is Shift: Where Will You Grow? and it will explore how individuals and institutions can shift ways of thinking by: looking at new ways of…
Call for Liaisons: ACRL Science and Technology Section (Deadline Friday, June 14)
(via Ginny Pannabecker, Virginia Tech University) Call for Science and Technology Section Liaisons Are you a member of a science/technology organization? Do you normally attend the conference/meeting of the organization? Would you like to be more involved in STS, or would if you “had the time?” If so, the STS Liaison program could be a…
Reminder: LITA Seeking Proposals for 2019-20 Webinars and Online Courses (Deadline July 5)
(via the Illinois Library Association) LITA (the Library Information Technology Association) is now accepting proposals for webinars and online courses for Summer/Fall 2019 or 2020. All topics related to the intersection of technology and libraries are welcomed and submissions from underrepresented groups (women, people of color, the LGBTQA+ community, and people with disabilities) are strongly…
Reminder: RSVP for ACRL Webinar Viewing and Discussion at University of Illinois Springfield (1:00-4:00 PM on Wednesday, June 12)
(via Pattie Piotrowski, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries for the University of Illinois Springfield) The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) and the University of Illinois Springfield’s Brookens Library are pleased to host aFREE viewing of the Association of College and Research Libraries webinar “Be Proactive: Overcoming Biases and Microaggressions in the…
ILA Best Practices Committee Seeking Feedback (Deadline June 30)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Best Practices Committee has created a survey to collect best practices for topics that are important to the library community. The survey is available here<https://ila.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=5e3e72e929&e=6c7f1a78dd> and will close on Friday, June 30.